The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

Meyerbeer—A Character. Among all those who have won an universal re. pntation in dramatic music, Meyerbeer was the most timid, the most insecure as to his own purposes, with ail his gigantic notions of Effect. His operas were not ea much written as stuck together, bit by bit, white the rehearsals of them were going on. If a machinist under a paper cap crossed the stage, an d made some irreverent remark on the length of this scene—or that other procession—the composer shrank up, faltered, held council on the matter— s nd after having been inexorable in his first pre tensions, corceded, with a humility which became ;noble, in regard to the men under the paper cap. I [e did not know what his effects were to be, or where they were to be made, but went on trying, Contriving, and like the bird that builds a nest, bringing, here a straw—there a bit of wood —anon, a :fragment of wood or stone—and, in the end, build iry not so much a nest as a habitation for musical drama. No stone was left unturned by him to proturd one might better say to force—a success. It may be questioned whether so skilful an artist ever existed, who employed with so elaborate a patience every machinery of compliment and cajolery as he did. He prepared for the first representations of lais operas by paying money right and left, with an anxiety humiliating to think of, and on a scale of corpense impossible to any other who had not an ample private fortune. No ante-chamber was too mean for bin to be willing to wait in it, pro• vi dad the master of the house had the slightest eh red of influence on press or public. He shared Si:- Robert Walpole's opinion that every man has his price, and would return to attempt and to tempt every imaginable assistance with a pertinacity nothing short of whimsical, but which was rather distressing to be exposed to. The Boulevard des Italiens, a sort cif French Rialto for musical rumour, streamed with t ales of his expedients, months before his operas were painfully born. One year, said rumour, Meyer bi'er had been buying up all the stage organs, to pi event his new organ effect being forestalled. There NY as a later tale how he had connived to the ce.p pl ing of the organ at the Grand Opera, when the ea me was to help a great scene in Nieodemeyri's " titradella:' Another year, would come simmering stories of pilot banquets after the faahion of Lucullus (and well did Meyerbeer understood the art of dining, till ill health, and with it hypochondria, claimed him). He had no objection to bespeaking opera books at munificent prices, from the men of feuilleton, home or foreign, though it did not follow that the books were to be set. I can speak to his face of puzzled inquietude, when one of the fraternity ventured to decline a commission forsuch a piece of work—in its very purpose, and by its very essence, unproducible. Though he harrassed everyone daring his rehearsals to the point of exas peration, by at first refusing the smallest concession, when the hour of performance drew nigh he was seized with a cowering terror, which would yield or admit any change. Music lasting ono hour and a quarter was cut out of " Le Prophete" within a very few weeks of its production :—and its great situation—the one of ficination, in the fourth or Cathedral act, would have possibly shared the same fate, had not Madame Viardot, the original Fides, backed by Ary Scheffer (how all this comes back like a thing of yesterday !), pleaded to be allowed to show what could be represented by such an actress in such a situation.—Dickens's " All the Year Round." MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The commercial community are now anxiously hoping for another reduction on Thursday next in the Bank of England minimum, and, as a matter of course, there is very little business transacted in the interim. The public are holding over their bills in anticipation of the event, and the rates now current are from 7 per cent. upwards. Capital is abundant, gold has continued to flow into the Bank of England, and as competition among the bill brokers during the past fortnight has been excited, the authorities cannot have had many applicants for discount. Under all the circumstances, there fore, there seems great probability that the expected alteration will be realised. A further sum of £llO,OOO in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The 27th inst. has been appointed by the com mittee of the Stcck Exchange for a special settle ment in the English scrip of the Mexican Loan, which is to be included in the official list. A call of £2 per share, payable on or before the 13th proximo, has been announced by the directors of the Financial Corporation. The letters of allotment of the Tavistock Iron "Works and Steel Ordnance Con►pany (Limited), are now ready. The shareholders of the Bank of London held a special meeting to-day, when the resolutions passed on the 9th instant fur increasing the Capital were duly Confirmed. During the last few days a moderate amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in fair request at full rates, while the dealings in coffee have been to an average extent without material Change as regards values. For rice, fruit, and spices quotations have remained unchanged, and business in the tallow market has been dull, but at steady _prices. The annual meeting of the National Bank was .held today.—Mr J. N. M'Kenna in the chair. The 'report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that since the accounts were made up a dividend at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum, and an extra dividend of 168. per share, was paid in Feb. last; the amount of undivided profits after these payments stood at £ 1 29,174, Ns. 10d., as compared with £103729 3s. 10d. of the previous year. The directors had increased the capital from £1,000,000 to £2,000,000 by the issue of 20,000 new shares, at a premium of .125 per share to the old shareholders, and £3O par :share to the general public. The General Contract Company is a new under taking just formed for constructing, maintaining, and working of railways, manufacturing railway plant and rolling stock for sale or hire, reclaiming lands, building reservoirs, roads, bridges, docks, harbours, piers, breakwaters, &e., &c. The direc tors have secured the business of the eminent con tractor, Mr. Rowland Brotherhood, who has agreed to transfer the whole of his business to the com pany upon terms which may be considered as favourable. The works, which are situated at the Great Western Railway station at Chippenham, together with the plant and existing contracts, are to be taken at a valuation, and one-third of the amount ie to be paid in shares. The capital re quired is £1,000,000, but only half that amount is to be called up in the first instance. The English, S medish, and Continental Financial Company (Limited) require a capital of one million, in 20,000 £5O shares, proposing a first issue of 10,000 shares, 2,500 of which are reserved for Sweden. No call is to exceed £5. Three months to elapse between each call, and it is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share. The directors, whose names will be found in another column, are gentlemen of high standing in the commercial world, set forth the objects of the association as in tended to promote the development of the resources of Sweden and Norway, and by thus applying the subscribed capital they are of opinion that a large field will be opened up for safe and profitable in. vestment. In Norway and Sweden no such insti tution exists, consequently the vast forests, the in exhaustible mineral deposits, the agriculture, the rising commerce of the country demend the finan cial aid which this company proposes to give. After a close investigation, and looking at the marked success of the Enskilda Bank and similar institutions, the directors are confident of a satin factory pecuniary result from the operations of the company, which eventuality has been borne testi mony to by a distinguished official of the country. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 75c. Firm. A few dealings in the English stocks this morn ing have occasioned an improvement of in the Funds compared with yt sterday. The continued favourable prospect of monetary affairs has also im parted a firmer tone, and Consols are 91 11- for money, and 901 less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes end Reduced Annuities are 891- ; Exchequer Bills, 13s dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 105 Z Debentures, 98,1 ; Enfaced do., 104 ; and the Bonds, 21's dis. There has been a general improvement in the Foreign Market, and business is moderately active, Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 711 ; do., Con soae3, 48 1 ; Mexican, 441,- 4_sk ; do, New Loan, to prem.; Greek, 231 -Z-; Spanish Passive, 34i .1; Portuguese, 48 ; Russian Scrip, 34- - f, prem. ; Swedish do., 1 to 2 pram ; and the Confederate Loan, 63 67. _ Business in the Railway Share Market has con• tinned very quiet, and there is little change of importance to report as regards values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also remain ex• ceedingly inactive, but generally support previous prices, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894... Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1673 A :amities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 & 3 per Cent. 13 dis Ditto £5OO .. Ditto £lOO and £200 sank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Ditto Account.. INDI A.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account.... Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent . . 931 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 .. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug. 1866 981 D:tt Bonds £l,OOO 24dis Ditto under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 - Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account — Milian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 pet Cent. Colombian 6 per Gent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 Ditto Scrip £5O paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 231 Ditto Account . 231 i Ditto Coupons Ditto Account loa Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Eta Han 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) W:tlcan 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... M.oorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account , — nitto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account ..... ... 481 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 — Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 .. Ditto 1864 Scrip, £lO paid Ditto Anglo-Dutch Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account ... Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spsnish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account — Swedish, 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip, £2O paid.... — pm turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 6Bl 9 8k Ditto, £lOO Bonds 73k Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 7lk 704 Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1362 Ditto Account s6a I Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond .n. Austrian, 5 per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41i per Cent.,Ex, 25f.. . Dutch 2i per Cent., fat. 12 Gull 64 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account . 90a ±a d Liverpool Cotton Market—This Days Market firmer. Saleß, about 6,000 bales, Im ports, 15,924, Previously, 8,290. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, At the last sitting the Minister of Public Instruc. Lion announced that the Minister of the Imperial Household and the Fine Arts had ordered a bust of the late M. Biot, executed by M. Lcquesne, to be placed in the Palace of the Institute. A paper was received from M. Vionnois, describing six brick kilns of the Gallo-Roman period discovered at La Roche-du.Thay, in the department of Ille- et- Vilaine. The fragments of tiles lying about suffi ciently prove their origin, their shape being Gallo- Roman, and some of them even bearing the trade mark of the brickraaker, which, however, it has been impossible to decipher. The tiles are flat, 40 centimetres in breadth, and two in thickness, with lateral rims. The kilns were all alike, and one of :hem is still in good preservation. It is rectan gular, 2 OS metres long by 1.70 in breadth ; its walls are vertical ; the fire-place is 10 centimetres deeper than the kiln itself, and separated from it by a floor resting on three supports, and pierced with holes, through which the flame penetrated between the tiles placed verti cally in rows, The holes near the perimeter are wider below than above, while the contrary is the caee with those near the centre. From all this it appears that bricks used to be burnt in kilns similar to those now used for earthenware. M. Garraud communicated a method imagined by him for preventing the terrible consequences of explosion by fire-damp, or at least for reducing them to mere pecuniary damage without loss of life. His plan is to determine explosions by means of the electric induction-spark of Ruhenkorff's machine before the miners descend into the galleries. After describing the way in which the wires ought to be arranged, he says "Every day, before the miners go to their work, several sparks must be let off in the galleries ; then if an explosion ensues the gas will be destroyed; if, on the coatrary, after several sparks there is no explosion, there is no reason why there should be any with en ordinary lamp. The Perpetual Secre tary remarked that a similar practice had long been in use, thongh not with the induction-spark; men being sent down into the galleries with lights fixed a to long poles, They creep along, h o ldi ng the li g h ts aloft, because fire-damp a lways accumulates a t th e roof of the gallery, end thus produce explosions which are harmless in proportion to the frequency with which the operation is perfernitd." h an 100 Sk 1 20 to co stook 10i 20 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock 50 100 stock stock B'o3l , NATAL SUGAR.—Sugar has taken a proud position as our largest staple. It is difficult, in the absence of reliable statistics, to form an estimate of what the year's crop may have b!en, but it cannot have fallen far short of 3,000 tons. The yield has been generally satisfactory. O n very few estates less than a tou per acre has been averaged. On many two tons have been obtained, and several fields are cited as baying yielded fully three fors per acre.—Aatai Mercury. THE SUN, LO►NUON, TUESDAY FEVENING, MAY 24, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE DOBSON. This bankrupt had carried on a very extensive business as a merchant, in Great St. Helens. The bankruptcy took place a short time since. The creditors resolved to take the proceedings out of court. The present was an application with respect to certain moneys received by the assignees, which it was considered ought to be paid over to the trus tees. The case was adjourned. BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHAMES AND STOU&S. Railways. 13.10, et to at st 50 20 Wol., and Str. Val. and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter : Caledonian Cort and Bandon Cornwall Do. B D o A ( .1. acts no dix , ( been paid to B till6pc.pan.lias Dublin & Beltast June. IDun.,rerth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. t'4 Inv. and S. Western. 1G reat Eastern, Ord. stir 1 Ditto A stock Ditto East AnOinn et Grea.tNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do Li do IGt. S. an.l W. of Irclan Great Western aa• • • Do St: Val ua. storil; I, nit'Ashi62 orksh Loznicfn and I.llaoloyall Bright.,ez S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Len. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do firming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwia Do, G.N.E. purohas(• 19.16.4 Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction , Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool; Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo: Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun taines, Wo k.,and Wok. Stockton & Darlington. Do Do New, leo& 1.2.1 C Taff Vale: Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford (It Kilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland -Oxford 1)0 Newport Do Hereford BRITISH. POSSE as,fiwitys I o. ti a ntic & St Lawn:tie, Born.,Baroda,t.Cent On. 5 per Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and LaKC Huron Do. Preference Builalo,BrantotOodrlcl; tl p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: Do. do. July 1, 1876 ?o. do. June 1, 18;4 Cleat fa..t.S. E astn. Cape Town Dock Scri; Haan. Bengal p. , East Indian. go. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. II do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Prei . Bonds Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d l'ret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d nef. stock Do. do. deferred._ Do. 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lMitarentn.gua.sP.c Do. New gua. 5 p. e... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. o 1 Canada Sharek. Do. New • • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. .. Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension De. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Ilelb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Buds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7p. c. lortg. Bds. New Br unzwlck Can& Class A and B. N. ti pa lat pt bds Soinde Do. Delhi. I Do. d 0...... ' r. Do. Punjr.ub z Do. Do. .... •• F,„; Do. Indus. St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.e.J a - 1877-S1 .........* 100 103 105 104 Do. Ap. c. Feb. & Am; 100 102 :C4 Do. 6p. 0.31ar.& Sept. 100 102 IC4 Do. 6 p. c. Jan.&July. P. 90 91 I 1)o. 6 inscribed stock. 100 89 91 91 'Cape G.llope, p 0.1873 100 106 108 1061 I Do.Ap & Oct. 188 c 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 118 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 8 p 100 101 104 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 106 108 N.l3.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 101 103 1011 ; Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Om. 100 N. S.W. Ciov. 6 p 3.,lSnt 100 99 100 Du. sp. e.,1 8 / 1 to L'it 100 99 101 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 99 101 93k New Zealand 8 p cent 100 103 111 01 , 8 Scotia Gov. 8 p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 !Queensland Gcv. Bp. c 100 - Aus GEp.e.167 . 6.,% up.. 100 109 111 - Vio.Gov. p.c. Ja.&July 100 . Do. io p.c. A.p...t00k. , 100 ,OB 109 1 1 0 81 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I id ;111.1ord Amalgamated..l 32 31 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist, 1 560 670 E Fa as st t B c a lo s g se a t u t East Caradon ...... 29} 30i 30 i- ir4:ast Cam ..... 3.4. 61 fl 61 ( G li o l ici a L n t ) d .. . — tr7 7 .! W'inuirsel(Tavistk.) 8.13. 0 031 4 - IGam.&St.Aubyu(Gwen , 58i 7 9 'Great South Tolgus.... 17s 2 k 3 Wheal Vor (lielston 40 33 35 le 11 erz.4l's-looot 8.12 A 8 40 lEI ingston Downs 4.18.0 3/ 4 ;Lady Bertha liargaret (Uny Lelant si 15 17 ' Ilarke Valley.. 4 )lyndy Iron Ore (Lim ' 2* 13 I 6 New Seton l9l 83 90 • North Downs. 2l 11 11 N.Wh'i 13aant(111o2;an 3.1.0 11 2 ' North W 11,3.1 Crotty Par Consuls(St. Blazey 20 erovidence(Cny Lelia 10 0.7 40 42 I—; South Caradon(St.Cleer I* 450 170 'S. Cant Brea - Wheal Fran. (Illm;an 18.18.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 25 27 !famar Silv.& Lead Kin. t - Croit 9 18 19 ' West Basset (Illogan)., '1 4 9 10 C' rztdou (Liskeard; 5 16 18 West Seton Whet , ' Basset (Illogan,' 5* 90 95 Wheal Iluller(ltediutt 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (I.s.Lelant)! 2.0.6 ott 13.5.8 Wheal MaryAnnpen 8 12 14 Wheal Cieton 1 681 220 130 225 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ); 7 20 21 Wheal Union I 3.17 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 106 Great Northern, 5 per cent., Ditto, 4, per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., 103 Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 87i PItEFEItENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., Ditto, ditto, C 6 per cent. 80 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 78 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. West London, Class B, 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9} Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 17i Great Luxembourg, 10 Recite and San Francisco (Rm.), gfua. 7.per cent., 161 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., ii Ditto (all), 20 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20i FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira., 121 General, 2 1 Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lira.), St. John del Rey (lira.), aab United Mexican (lien;, 6} k BANKS. Agra and United Service (Rm.), 1295 Alliance tim.l, 635 5 Ditto, new, 52 Anglo Austrian, 7 Anglo-Italian, limited, 65 Bank of Egypt, 28 Bank of London. 176 5 Bank of titagro, lim., 5.6 5 Brnk of Wales, lira., 18. Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 131 British North American, 50 6 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 895 Consolidated Bank, lira., 111 5 Continental, lim., 19 English and Irish, lim.,' 155 Imperial Ottoman, 211 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 65 London B ink of in exico and S. America, lim London Bank of Scotland, lim., 22 London, Bw.nos Ayres, and Iltver Plate, 53 4 31 London and Colonial (lim.), ISi 1 London and County, 635 London and Northern, lira., 23 London and South African, 255 London and % estrninster, 95 Merchant Bank, lint , 223 33 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 19 National dank, -- Ditto, new, 43 New South Wa1e5,.:565 55 Oriental Bank Corporation. 625 15 Provincial of Ireland. 93. Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 131 South E ;stern, lim., 55 Union of Australia, 55 Union of London, 581 • MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Um.. si City Offices, Um., 51 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Continental Union Gas, lim., ontract orporation, lim., 45 Crystal Palace, 33 Discount Corporation, 165 Egyptian Ccm. and Trading, Rm.. 5 5 raid : Closing Busines rriee. dcne. 8 Si 8i 9 83 95 118} 1191 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 10 t 106 961 7i 64 74 129 331 138 140 128 132 CO 92 C 4 641 641 111 1114 66 G 7 IC3 105 90 4i 110 a 111 07i 08i 54 59} 11 )13 132 1321 102 1(4 50a 61 244 ',5; 1011 102 57h an eo 90 127 120 14 24 1' 76 78 tut 11; 121 123 39 40 64 66 33 35 80} gli 103 106 74 Si E 64 374 94 10 c 8 Bh p 17) 175 6 7 3 4 p 100 105 21 23 SSIONS. Closing Price. 60 62 'O4 iO3i p I 61 8) 9i 77 82 77 8 77 82 101 It. 3 98 100 105 107 104 f 305 f 1') t P II 20 21 74 19 61 di 63 65 53 55 48 50 90 52 27 30 25 47 101 105 1' 1021 1031 10 )0* 10i 10ifi 90 12 82 81 par iP 102 10 96 98 91 91 57 59 3 5 82 2 , 4 10?.4 103 i 10', 103 id ip Lu 2 90 98 110/} 974 ion i 147 8 1041 29k 101U$ 1121 141 14 132 Business don• IN RE 311CN.k111A.RA. This bankrupt was described as of Navarino-terrace, clerk in the Inland Revenue Office, and this was an appli cation to stay proceedings and wind up out of court. The case was accordingly adjourned. (Before Mr Coumissioner Fane.) His Honour was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing arguments as to a deed of arrangement, in which the debtor had duly registered and obtained the certificate, but which was now disputed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ASSAULTING A IVlFE.—Oliver Kerby, a tall, strange-looking man, who gave his address No. 15, Gerard street, Soho, was brought before Mr Knox on a warrant charged with assaulting his wife, Isabella Kerby. On the prisoner being placcd in the dock he said—l hope this will appear in the papers, Mrs Isabella Kerby, a respectable-looking woman, said— Yesterday morning, about 2 o'clock, my husband came home, having been drinking, and gave me a blow on the head. About 10 o'clock he swore he would do for me if I did not comply with a demand he made. There were two workwomen in the room at the time. I was alarmed; and am afraid he will injure me, He has been going on like this for the past six weeks. Prison Er—l had taken nothing but water. There were the dark. blo i‘ w ir s K st n ru o c xth biv a t s i t t h w e a p s ri i s n oner ever been locked up before ? Mrs Kerby—Yes, several times, and bound over. Inspector Draper—The prisoner has behaved in a very extraordinary manner all night. Prisoner—My wife has a large amount of money. She is highly connected, and belongs to a Somersetshire family. Her money is the root of it all. Emma Dawson, a workwoman in the service of Mrs Kerby, said—Yesterday morning the prisoner came home and tried to force his wife on the bed, and said he would jump out of the window. Prisoner—lll use her 1 Have I not always used the most endearing terms to her? Have I not asked her whether her heart is dead ? and whether her money is not payable ? 'Witness—l do not think you have acted properly towards her. _ Prisoner—l did not ask that. I wished my wife to come to me to calm my agitated nerves. I have begged of her to cease her clatter. Witness—Oa Saturday I saw him strike his wife in the mouth and make it bleed. Prisoner —Accidentally, when she rushed to me. Mrs Mary Ann Smith, also employed by Mrs Kerby, said the prisoner's conduct is very different to what it used to be, but Ido not think he can help it. I saw Mrs Kerby's mouth bleeding on Saturday. Mr Knox—Was the prisoner drunk ? Prisoner—Oh, I never drink. I'm more sinned against than sinning. Mr Knox—l shall remand the prisoner for a week, and put a notice on the commitment to have his mind inquired into. _ . Prisoner—Thank you--I wish to go to Coldbath It will be better for her that she removes all the traps before I come out—that is all. THAMES. SINGULAR DISPUTE BETWEEN Two FOREIGNERS.— Siegismund Striemer, clerk and traveller, appeared before Mr Partridge to answer a summons, which charged him with detaining certain colours, valued at £l3 108, the pro perty of Charles Kaelbel, manufacturer and merchant, of Carlisle-terrace, Fairfield-road, Bow. Mr Stoddart, solicitor, stated the case for the prosecution. The parties to this suit were foreigners. The complainant was almost a stranger to our country, and quite a stranger to our language. The defendant was engaged by Herr Kaelbel on the sth of December last, in the capacity of clerk and traveller, at a salary of £3 lOs per week and 2i per cent, commission on sales effected, with one month's notice on either side. The complainant carried on his manu factory in Germany, and the goods he consigned to England. They were allowed to be deposited in premises in Bow, in the possession of the defendant, who was still in the com plainant's employ. Oa Friday, the 6th of the present month, the complainant having occasion for certain goods deposited on the premises in question, went there and de manded them. The defendant simply refused to give them up, and said he would make a high charge against him for seven weeks' eating and drinking and for warehouse room. There were no wages due to the defendant on the 6th of May, and he ha I no right to detain his master's goods. The defendant had injured his master in every possible way, and it was an unlucky thing for the complainant he had ever been connected with him. The defendant was in prison a few years ago for debt, and had only a few months ago made an assignment of his property without paying a shilling to his creditors. Several judgments were now out against the defendant, and Herr Kaelbel wanted an order for the immediate restorati on o f hi s pro perty. The defendant said he had an objection to the magistrate's jurisdiction. The goods he was charged with detaining were worth £24, and the magistrates of the police courts only had jurisdiction to the extent of - - • Mr Stoddart said the goods were valued at £l3 10s. to give the magistrate jurisdiction. The complainant confirmed, through the medium of an interpreter, all his solicitor had stated. He sent goods from time to time to the defendant's place for sale. At that time he was in Germany. He put an end to the contract with the defendant in consequence of Striemer's misconduct, for not properly accounting for money received, and doing busi ness in various names. The defendant asked the complainant if he had made any agreement with him for warehousing goods, and he replied in the negative. The defendant—l have demanded rent of him and he refuses to pay me. Th e complainant denied the accuracy of this statement, and said he would pay any just claims upon him if a proper account was made out. He had offered to pay the amount in cash, or to give a guarantee if there was any just claim upon him by his servant. The defendant said he was not a servant, but an agent, and the goods wore worth £24. Th e complainant said the defendant had sold his goods inthe said he would give no opinion on the cas e , m e pson, Brothers, and Co., Schuster, B r others and Co., and othe r names. Mr Partridge w hi c h ought to be tried in th e County emit. He must di s miss the summons. Mr Stoddart —V e r y well, sir. M y c li en t w ill cer t a i n l y proce ed against Streimer in th e C ounty Court. nameso f Thompson, MARKE TS --This Day. HAY ATARKZTS. elo i wsthraay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs Od ; clover, w, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. .3 " - — 0 r; Trade slow. Cu 10 kay, n 103 to .£4 103 ; clover, £4 Os to -c5 106 Ocl ; and straw 11 4s to X 1 143 per load. Trade inactive. WIIITECIIAPEL —.Meadow hay, £2los to £4103; clover, £5 lOs od ; and straw, Ll 4s to £1 143 per load. £4 Os to , A slow demand. .£4SO:TtioiTrino COLONIAL. SUGAR—TI hare has been rather more disposition on the part of the trade to purchase West India descriptions, and prices generally are well sustained. In the Refined Market quotations are unaltered. COFFEE—There continues to be a fair inquiry for colonial, which have realised fully late rates, and other descriptions are without material change. RICE—A few small parcels have been disposed of, chiefly East India, which have realised about former quotations. TALLOW—The market has continued very quiet, although prices for both present and forward delivery are well maintained. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 3d; May and June 40s to 40s 3d; and last three months, 43a 3d to 43s Gd per cwt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day. __W ind weather. 2 2,.....Wind N.W. — Sailed—Atlantic, L ON Do freshN , May brccz 021.nd this day at n oon— N orth- West;od fine 23. __Wind N.W.—Ar r i ve d—Bli nk Nay 23 ._Wind WM.—S a il e d —Lord PORTSMOUTH, Warden, for London. YARMOUTH, May for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, May Bonny, from Porto Rico. CLYDE, bitty 23.—Wi n d N.W.—Arriv e d—B urtrato, from Maurities—Shaftesbury, from Calcutta—Olinda, from Pernambuco—Helene, front Trinidad. Sailed—Resolution, for Nassau. By MAG NETIC TELEGRAPH, O B ANESSND, Tuesday M orn i ng . Arrived, May 23—Li g htning, from Gottenb urg —J ane , from Tobaco—John Banyan, from Wellington, New Zealand—Champion, o f the Seas, and Red Rover, from Mmbourne—Christiarla, and Christine Mari a , f rom Holm stad—King Dove, from Dantzie—Free, from Jersey— Napoleon, from Gravelines--Pilot, from Havre —Elizabeth, from Guernsey—Herold, from lleshlorf—Terpsichore, from St. Thomas. Arrived, May 24--Nautilus, from St. Kitt's—Lewes, from Alexandria—Malcolm Brown, from Trinidad—Look Out, from Genoa—Eluity. from Porto Rico—Sophia, and Concordia, from Guernsey—and Active, from Tarranova. Sailed, May 24.—London, steamer, for Gottenburg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Mavrocordatos, screw steamer, from London, for Genoa—Congress, from Sunderland, for Penang. Anchored,—Amio, bark, from Lagos, for London. The Late Debate on the Georgia, Bishopsgate-street, May 23. Mr Thomas Baring presents his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and will feel obliged by the insertion of the accompanying correspondence : (Copy.) " Bishopsgate-street, May 14, 1864. " My dear Lord,—ln the report of your speech of last night you are stated to have said— " ' I want you to consider the feelings with which tha Confederates regard these enormous reinforce ments which have been csnveyed by the English people through the hands of Messrs Baring and Co., in violati9n of her MAj , 2sty's proclamation of neu trality.' "Until your lonlship rose the mention of names had been avoided, in order not to give a persona! character to a discus,sirn of great national questions, and, unfortunately, not anticipating such a charge as you made, I was absent during your specc'h, and did not return to the House of Col:citrons, As, however, such an accusation would not be lightly made ty you, and cannot li g htly be treated by me, may I ask of you the favour to let tee know to what proclamation you referred, and what are the terms of that proclamation which you consider to substan tiate your charge ?—Believe me, my dear lord, yours faithfully, (signed) " THOMAS BARING, "The Lord Robert Cecil, M.P." (copy.) "11, Duchess-street, May 14. "My dear Mr Baring,—l beg to acknowledge your letter, which I received this evening, asking me to what procla. mation I referred when I said that the munitions of war exported by Messrs. Baring and Co. to the Federal States have been conveyed in violation of her Majesty's proclama tion of neutrality. "In reply I he; o say that the proclamation of which I spoke is that issued May 13th, 1861, and that the passages in it to which I referred were the following : ` We do hereby strictly charge and Command all our loving subjects to observe a strict neutrality in and during the aforesaid hostilities, and to abstain from violating or contravening either the laws and statutes of the realm in this behalf, or the law of nations in relation thereto, as they will answer to the contrary at their peril. " And we do hereby further warn all our loving sub jects and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protection, that if any of them shall presume in contempt of this our Royal proclamation, and of our high displeasure, to do any acts in derogation of their duty as subjects of a neutral sovereign in the said contest, or in violation or contraven tion of the law of nations in that behalf, as for example and more especially . . . by carrying officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, military stores, or materials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be contraband of war, according to the law or modern usage, of nations, for the use or service of either of the said contending parties, all persons so offending will incur and be liable to the several penalties and penal consequences by the said statute or by the law of nations in that behalf imposed or denounced. " And we do hereby declare that all our subjects, and persons entitled to our protection, who may misconduct themselves in the premises will do so at their peril, and of their own wrong, and that they will in nowise obtain any protection from us against any liabilities or penal conse quences, but will, on the contrary, incur our high displeasure by such misconduct.' "In the same connection I may also quote the statement made by Mr Laird in your hearing, on the 27th of March, 1663, and not contradicted by you : " I have referred to the bills Gf entry in the Custom Houses of London and Liverpool, and I find that there have been vast shipments of implements of war to the Northern States. 1 find among those who have been engaged in these transactions the celebrated house ; - ,of Baring and Co,' " I presume that the word carrying' in the proclama tion includes those who employ others to carry, or abet others in carrying, In strictness it seems to me that the letter of the proclamation prohibits all transactions having for their object to supply contraband of war to either belligerent. But I think it is generally agreed that, as a rule of practice, its meaning must be interpreted by usage. All I claim is that the interpretation shall be impartial, and that the proclamation shall not be held to prohibit the ex• port of one kind of contraband of war—viz., ships to one belligerent, while it is held to permit the export of another kind—vis„ arms—to the other belligerent. Of course I am speaking exclusively of the proclamation of neutrality, and am not referring to any ships which may be pi oved to have violated the special enactments ol the Foreign Enlist ment Act. " In the course of your note you intimate that I first gave a personal character to the discussion of a great national question.' I cannot plead guilty to the charge. I think you must have forgotten that you twice applied the word `fraudulently' to the proceedings of the Liverpool firm that sent out the Georgia—a firm of the highest respectability, whose name is well known, and is, indeed, mentioned in the papers that have been presented to Parliament. The word conveys a severe imputation—probably, in reference to the conduct of a British merchant, the very severest you could have made. I cannot admit that it was I who gave a personal character to the discussion of a great national question.' " The name of the house of Baring was only introduced in order to show how unfair and one•sided were the charges which were made in the course of the debate against those who sent out the Georgia and other ships which afterwards became ships of war. It was said that they acted in fraud of our neutrality, and that they were stirring up feelings of rancour between two friendly nations. Those who were accused were not there to defend themselves; and it did seem to me only fair to show how little they were really open to censure, by pointing to proceedings equally in vio lation of the letter of the Queen's proclamation, and equally irritating in their effect to the feelings of a friendly nation on the part of one of the first mercantile houses in the world—one to whose authority no Federal advocate would be likely to demur, " I learn for the first time from your note that you were not present in the house when I spoke. It never occurred to me that you were likely to leave before the discussion you had raised was finished ; and the seat you usually occupy is so exactly behind mine that I could not see that you were away when I was speaking—Believe me, yours very faithfully, (Signed) "ROBERT G. CECIE. " Thomas Baring, Esq , M.P. " P.S.—lf you should desire any further explanation of anything I have said, my direction for the next week will be, ' Poste Restante, Bruxelles.' (Copy.) "Bisliopigate-street, May 18, 1864. "My dear Lord,—l found on return to town yesterday your letter of 14th inst. " Before you assumed that my firm had been mainly in strumental in conveying assistance to the Federals in vio lation of her Majesty's proclamation of neutrality it would have been well that you should have acquainted yourself with the part which my firm really has taken in these matters. lam not at all prepared to admit that those who have been instrumental in forwarding munitions of war either to the Federal or Confederate States have thereby violated her Majesty's proclamation. On the contrary, it was notorious that such shipments were taking place, and not only was no intimation given on the part of her Majesty's Government that the parties engaged in them were in any way infringing the laws, international or otherwise ; but, on the contrary, the right of neutrals to sell to both or either of the belligerents has been fully re cognised. I am, therefore, justified in assuming that the parties are not open to that imputation; but, be that as it may, my firm has not, in fact, been so engaged. In those matters we have acted merely as bankers representing large banking establishments in the United States, which opened credits with my firm in favour of parties to whom orders were given, but not through us for the purchase and transmission of warlike stores for the use of the Federal Government. We took no part in giving these orders or in the execution of them , All that we had to do was, when the shipping documents were furnished to us to give effect to the credit lodged in favour of the parties furnishing those supplies, and to see that they were properly forwarded to their destination. "I cannot, therefore, admit that in the conduct of these proceedings we have infringed either the letter or the spirit of her Majesty's proclamation. "With reference to my having characterised the proceed• ings of the parties charged with equipping vessels of war for the use of the Confederate Government as fraudulent, I did not thereby intend to stigmatise as fraudulent the mere felt of such equipment, illegal as such equipment undoubtedly would be, but my remark had reference to the manner'in which these proceedings were carried out. As I have already observed, it was perfectly well known that warlike stores were ordered in this country for the use of the Federal and Confederate Governments, but in the case of the vessels which are supposed to have been equipped for the use of the Confederate Stales every species V concealment has been resorted to in order to cover the real intentions of the parties, and it was in this view of the subject that I alluded to these transactions as being trandu -I,nt. When Mr. Laird named last year my firm, in com mon with others, as concerned in the shi?ment of arms and ammunition to the United States, I did not think that any observation was required Irons me, as ha only mentioned a fact unaccompanied by any charge of illegality or impro priety. " I ought certainly, as you say, to have been present during your speech; but from the previous temper of the debate 1 had not anticipated any personal observation, and I had intended to return if the debate continued. As, how ever, I was prevented, although from my own fault, from making any remark upon your charge, and as e verything that falls from your lordship must have great weight, you will, I suppose, have no otjection to the publication of this correspondence ichen it closes,—Believe me, my dear lord, faithfully yours, (Signed) - " THOMAS BARING. "The Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., Brussels," (Copy.) "Brussels, May 20, 1864. "My dear Mr. Bering,—l beg to acknowledge your letter of the 18th instant, which li received to-day. I confess that I am unable to follow the constetzetien you place upon the language of the Queen's proclamation. It seems to me, so far as I am in a position to judge, that the transactions of your firm, as now described by you, fall within the letter of the prohibition which I quoted at length in my last letter. The proclamation forbids the Queen's subjects to carry' contraband of war to either belligerent. You tell me that warlike supplies have been ordered for the use of the Fede ral Government, and that your fir r/ lies been engaged in seeing that they were properly forwarded to their destina tion.' in other word 4, you have been superintending the ' carrying,' which is pointedly forbidden by the proclama tion. At the same time I most fully grant . that a very mach taxer interpretation line been put upon the proclamation both by public opinion in this country, and (what is of more importance) by herMejesty's Government themselves, and that the practical result of that interpretation has been to make the clause I have quoted inoperative. Under these circumstances it clearly follows that the transactions in question cannot be looked upon as in any degree censurable or improper. That such is, in fact, the state of the case, is sufficiently indi cated, if other proof were wanting, by the fact that opera tions of this kin have been countenanced by such a house as yours. But my complaint ie, that in many recent discussions this latitude of interpretation has not been fairly extended to both sides. Shits are contraband of war just as much as, and no more than, arms, and the exportation of the one, so far as international law is concerned, is as legitimate a transaction as the exportation of the other. There seems to be an inclination, however, among Federal advocates, to put the two upon a different footing in that respect, and to assume in defience of international prece dents, that the 'exporter of ships' makes private war, or commits a fraud on our neutrality' in some sense in which tbose phrases are not applicable to the exporter of arms. Those who, like me, believe, such a distinction to be groundless and unjust are compelled, therefore, when an attack is made upon the firms who sell ships to the Confe derates, to insist on the exactly parallel character of the transactions entered into by those who sell warlike stores to the Federals. " With respect to the ' personal' character of the debate, to which you again refer, I must repeat the observation that it, in fict, began with your opening speech. Had you been satisfied with passing a general censure upon those who have sold ships to the Confede rates, or who have in your opinion broken the Foreign Enlistment Act, I should undoubtedly been guilty of giving a personal character to the debate, if in such a case I had referred specially to any particular house that had exported arms to the Federals. But you designated a particular firm as a special mark of your severe accusa tions—the Liverpool firm. that sent out the Georgia. That you did not utter their names was of small importance, for those names may be found in a public document, and were well known to all who were familiar with the question. "Before I conclude this letter you must forgive me if I enter a word of protest against the accusation of fraud which you made against that firm, and which in your last letter you repeat. Concealment is not necessarily fraud. They had two fait grounds of concealment which justified them employing it. One was the course pursued by the Govern ment, the other was the vigilance of the Federals. The Go vernment, actuated by politic considerations, whose gravity I do not underrate, but which should have been submitted to Parliament before they were allowed to operate in preju dice of private interests and rights, was harassing this particular trade by every means, legal and illegal, within its reach. On the other hand, the spies of the United States embassy were in every port ; and a Federal frigate was always at hand of suffi dent-force to give effect to their information by capturing so important an article of contraband the moment she had left British waters. Under these circumstances I think a shipbuilder might fairly keep his own counsel without ex • posing himself to the charge of fraud. " I trust I may have persuaded you that the proceedings of your house were introduced by me into the debate merely (or the purpose of strengthening my case on behalf of those who I thought were being hardly dealt with, and not in any spirit hostile to yourself. Of course I have no sort of objection to the publication of the correspondence.—Believe me yours very faithfully, (Signed) "ROBERT R. CECIL. "T. Baring, Esq., M.P." Launch of the Prince Albert, - - Yesterday another rather important addition was made to our iron clad fleet by the successful launch of this fine vessel from Messrs. Samuda's yard at Pcplar. The Prince Albert has a double claim to defensive strength, inasmuch as she is not only iron cased, but has her battery in cupolas, or circular turrets also. It would be, of course, useless to deny that these turret ships have numerous oppo nents to their claims to be considered as efficient sea going war frigates, and that these oppo nents include not only some of the most distin guished officers of the Royal navy, but some of our most experienced iron-shipbuilders as well Certainly, the practical experience of rough every day warfare which has been illustrated by the Federal gunboats constructed on this principle would not lead us to be over sanguine as to the success of ships built after the same pattern, if it were not also known that almost everything connected with the guns and plating and speed of the American turret-ships was so far behind our own as really to leave no safe data on which to found a comparison between the two. The attempts which in America have been made to work out the theory of turret ships have been by no means so comprehensive and perfect as to warrant our Government in consider ing them as final, and, whatever may be the differ ences of opinion which prevail here as to the value of the principle, it is satisfactory to see that the Admiralty are bent or, trying it with all the auxi liary Bids to success, which form, horse-power, and perfect workmanship can contribute. The length of the Prince Albert turret-ship over all is 24011., while her breadth is as much as 4S, proportions which 'give her a rather heavy and unwieldy ap pearance, and which are certainly like to tell against a very high rate of speed in heavy water. Her depth is no less than 28ft., and her burden, in tons, 2,529. All the details relating to her general principle of construction are almost precisely similar to those adopted in the Warrior, the Black Prince, and other of cur armour ships. The same care is shown to give extra strengta by longitudinal brac ings ; there are the same wing passages along the broadside, which virtually make a double ship of her; she has no external keel, but two bilge plates at each side, which are supposed to answer the same purpose in giving her stability. The plating, too, is the same as on the Warrior, &tin. iron anti 18in. of teak, but the Prince Albert is plated from end to end, instead of only over the broadside. At the extreme end of the bows and stern, however, the thickness of the armour is diminished gradu ally to three inches, and, instead of going 5 feet below the water-line, as in other armour clads, it is only taken down 4 feet—a slightness of immer sion which seems to bring the vulnerable parts dan gerously near the surface. Her upper deck is of pine, with a three-quarter inch iron deck beneath it to keep out shells—a thickness which the recent ex periencu of the Danish ironclad the Rolfe Krake has shown to be insufficient. She is to be furnished with furnaces for heating shot and melting iron, and is to be driven by engines of 500 horsepower nominal —an amount of horsepower which certainly seems small when compared with the tonnage or the area of her midship section. The screw is to be four bladed, and not to lift. On deck are to be four tur rets or shields, as they are indifferently called, with an ironplated pilot house in the bows. Three of the turrets are 22ft diameter and one of 20ft. The P ilo' house is a mere oval about Oft wide by 12ft long, but plated, like the turrets, with 51 inches of armour over 7 inches of diagonal planking. All theseon tur rets, of course, are movable, an d are revolved o t r t n h t e a b t u le r s r c m t ' s o , r i k t e i d s u fr n e d m e r s t h t o e m o d, a a i r n e dec toe k a r b r e y l o t w w . o g l u ss t - l o e, the heaviest calibre that can be go t. All the turrets being each, and two are to carry one each of' placed amidships the bulwarl.'s round the upper deck have to be movable, and are a ccordingly made of light iron fastened by B i nge s to the deck, so as to he cap able of being lowered at a moment's notice, leaving the guns free to fire anywhere. `The launch yestei - day was most successfully accomplished, Miss Ada Samuda naming the vessel as it glided rapidly into the river. She was sent afloat with the lower streak of armour on from end to end, and with the midship portion of her broadside entirely plated. The rest of her fitting and equipment will be proceeded with at Woolwich, but nearly, if not quite, a year is likely to elapse before she is commissioned and afloat an effective membtr of the Channel equidron. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE — This Day. - EPSOM RACES.—Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CRAVEN STAKES. Fairwater Cutaway Blarney Five ran, LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Scottish Chief (taken freely) 6to 1 agst General Peek (taken) 7to 1 agst CatubuEean (taken) 15 to 2 agst Bir,:hbroorn (taken) 15 to 1 agst Baragah (taker.) 18 to 1 agst Coast Guard (taken) 100 to 3 agst Ackworth (taken) 40 to 1 agst Holiyfox (taken) THE OAKS. 4to 1 agst Fille de I'Air (taken) ARRlVED—Benanoar, Izaak Walton, Attraction, Odine Lovelace, Ely, and Eltharo. DERBY SCRXTCHINGS.—Forager, about 11 25 a.m., Monday, May 23; Greville and Vauxhall, at 4 18 p.m., Monday, May 23. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, EPSOM RACES—Tins DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BRIGHTON STAKES. Umpire .. 1 Jane Shore , 2 Reindeer Eighteen ran. WOODCOTE STAKES. Gardevieure La Fortune Puritan . Thirteen ran. HORI ON STAKES. Corinthian Tom T. P. Cooke LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst General Peel (taken) 6to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 7to 1 agst Cambascan (taken) Sto 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 15 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 15 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. BALMORAL, MAY 24. The Queen, as Sovereign of the Moat Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased by letters patent under her Royal Sign Manual and the Great Seal of the Order, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually ob served in regard to installation, and to give and grant unto George Granville William, Duke of Sutherland, and George William Frederick, Marquis of Ailesbury, Knights of the said Most Noble Order, and invested with the ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ample a manner as if they had been formally installed, any decree ) rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. WHITEHALL, MAY 21. The Queen has been pleased w order a conge d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Peterborough to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Dr. Georg e Davys, ate bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the die Very Rev, Francis Jenne ' D,C.L., Dean of the Cathe dral Church of Lincoln, to be by them elected Bishop of the said see of Peterborough. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the uazette:— Widiam Stradling, baker, Bristol Sau.iuel Lane, factor; Wolverhampton Samuel Amery, builder, North Peckham Henry S. Withers, clothier, Chipping Norton Hugh James Hordern, salesman. Cheapside William Moody, basket maker, Greenwich Josiah F. Wickens, builder, Pluiustead Henry Denton, carman, Hammersmith George T. Parnell, engineer, Wardour-street, Soho Lewis Wells, boot maker, Great Peter-street, Westmin, ster Afred Grainger, grocer, Camberwell Toni Surridge, licensed viatuller, Coventry-street Edward Thomas, rope m4ker, Fowey, Cornwall Sarah Moorey, ironmonger, Stroud Richard Fryer, contractor, Merthyr \Vemyss, draper, 01d-street SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Thomas Skene, eating-house keeper, Dundee Wm. Anderson, builder, Cuigband, Stirlingshire Andrew Jardine, Greenock Alex. Shearer, wilier, Dunipace Mills, Stirlingshire FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. EPSOM RACES—Tuts DAY. ROUS STAKES. Jarnicoton L u cky Star Lytham Thirteen ran. HEATHCOTE PLATE. L a dy Clifden La Meal ante 3 At traction Thirteen ran. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Genera: Peel (taken) 6to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 7to 1 agst CPEabuscan (taken) 9to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 14 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 20 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 28 to 1 agst Strafford (taken) 40 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (offered) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, THE FRENCH DERBY. The Prix flu Jockey Club of 20,0001, for 3• yr-olds. Entry, 1,0001; 6001 forfeit, or 500 f only if declared.. Weight—colts, 10S1bs ; fillies, 1051bs. Distance-2, 404 metres (a mile and a half). 65 cubs. M. Delamarre's Baia Roussel (Flatman) 1 M. Lunel's Affidavit . Mr T. Carter's Civility M. Schickler's roudriero (3. W a tkins) 4 The following also ran :—Ninon de l'E nclos, Bayard, Tortccelis, Beatrix, Conirneea, SonchamP, Boucicaut, Arcturus, and Sue vole. Betting-5 to 4 agst Bois Roussel , 4 Ito 1 to 1 agst Beatrix, 6 ... 2. to 1 each agst Bayard and Comme-ca, 2to 1 agst Ninon. de l'Enclos, 15 to 1 each agst Affidavit and Arcturus, 25 to 1 agst any other. The lot got away well in a line, bat by the time they h a d Bois uussel, and Beatrix, gone over the quarter of a mile which separates the starting post from the stands, had s ettled down into places. Boil_ cieaut at this moment led. with Bayard coming next, then B dr a i y er d e r , d T m or a t s ic te o r l e is: i at N t i sed n j o e ocr n cd : kvee C i ryl : nt n aya l m i ew e A d x hi tsi a t ttel : ehri Arcturus, r ushing eststutsomrit maintained thet ba frontie bnodgo a lead of six or tookt f Ph o ) r s u a short time, and shut up, and went to the rear. Along etthhigeehurtoalseidlegdeteLfo:ri'Ye the villas the only incident was the gradual. working up of Civility and Poudriere, who had hitherto is l t u h sesy however,e 1 had bean r unning at the tail. Af ter pass i ng t h e s t a bl es the four leading ho rses formed a line abreast across the course, re running cbhced taacetonhuep in le ascendingo cornerf l lengths n were t e h r s e btnheohe hill,no 7 . € Tr andhi in quartette a t t h r h t Be dine toe t o t were, the race. - Bois Roussel, who had been running steadily biding his time, now found himself almost alone in front, the only horses near him being Affidavit, Ninon, and Boa trix. Along the straight the pace which had before been good, slackened, and the position then remained the same up to within 200 yinds of the stand. Affidavit was then seen to mete an effort, and in a moment was alongside of Bois Roussel. For a moment M. Lunel's colt showed in front, but Flatman, with an application of the whip, again brought the favourite up to the mark ; the lead was re covered, and Bois Roussel increasing his advance up to the post passed a winner by a length and a halt. Civility and Poudriere passed Ninon and Beatrix at the stands, and came in third and fourth, Mr. Carter's filly finishing a couple of lengths in the Affidavit, and Poudriere a length behind Civility. Beatrix and Ninon wets fifth and sixth, and the rest scattered over the course anywhere. Value of the stakes 52,000 fr„ deducting 2,000 fr, for the second. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam ... Short. 11 171 11 371 Ditto RotterdUil ...— 12 0 12 Antwerp . 25 67t 25 75 13russels — 25 671 25 75 Og,••IP Paul. iOO 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (10° 1 100 2 all ,1 110 100